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4 . 2 . 1 At the times designated herein, the Designer shall develop an estimate of the total cost of the Project (the "Total Project Cost" ), including <br /> Designer's fees, costs of the construction, costs of equipment, furnishings, furniture and signage, permit fees and appropriate contingencies, and <br /> exclusions, where applicable . These costs shall be prepared and submitted to the Owner substantially in the format shown in Attachment C to this <br /> Agreement, with supporting documents listing quantities, unit price, labor rates, man-hour estimates, overhead and profit. Total Project Cost shall be <br /> mutually agreed upon by Owner and Designer as noted in paragraph 4 . 2 .4. The timing of this Total Project Cost agreement shall be identified as a <br /> milestone in Attachment D . If cost estimating is not part of the project scope, the Total Project Cost shall be specified here : [ BLANK] <br /> 4. 2 . 2 Project cost estimates shall be prepared by qualified staff members of the Designer or the authorized Project Consultants listed on Attachment <br /> E, or a qualified cost estimating Consultant to the Designer who are acceptable to the Owner. <br /> 4. 2 . 3 Total Project Cost estimates shall be prepared at NA points in the production of the Designer' s work: <br /> A. At completion of NA design; and <br /> B . At completion of NA; and <br /> C. At completion of NA of the construction documents; and <br /> D . Cost Estimate will be provided at the end of Task 1, within eight (8) months from the start of contract. <br /> 4 . 2.4 If applicable per section 4 , 23, when the first of these estimates of Total Project Cost has been approved in writing by the Owner, it shall be used <br /> by the Owner as a basis for appropriating funds specifically for the Project . Once this Total Project Cost has been so approved by the Owner and the <br /> conditions of the project (cost environment, time schedule, etc . ) are reasonably similar, the Designer shall be obligated, without additional <br /> compensation, to adjust the design of the Project to assure that it remains within the approved Total Project Cost. <br /> 4. 2 . 5 Should bidding or negotiation with contractors produce prices which, when added to the other elements of the approved Total Project Cost, <br /> produce a cost that is in excess of the approved Total Project Cost, the Designer shall participate with the Owner in negotiation and design adjustments <br /> to the extent such are necessary to obtain prices within the approved Total Project Cost . All activity of the Designer with respect to these matters shall <br /> constitute Basic Services and shall be performed by the Designer without additional compensation . If negotiation and design adjustments fail to bring <br /> costs within the Total Project Cost the Owner may reject all bids and Designer will redesign or reduce portions of the project in an effort to reduce the <br /> bid prices to within the Total Project Cost and rebid the project. All such redesign is included within Basic Services . If this second letting for bids does <br /> not produce bids that are within the approved Total Project Cost initially or after negotiations with the contractor, the Designer is not obligated to <br /> further redesign the Project. <br /> 4. 3 Proiect Conferences <br /> 4 . 3 . 1 For the duration of the development of the Project, the Designer and its Consultants shall meet periodically with the Owner. The Designer shall <br /> meet with Owner as necessary to properly fulfill the requirements of this Agreement. The minimum regularly scheduled meetings which the Designer <br /> shall be required to attend are listed below : <br /> 1 . Conduct Project Kickoff meeting <br /> 2 . Conduct County Design Committee meeting to review preliminary findings and recommendations of potential options . <br /> 3 . Conduct informal presentation of findings and recommendations to County design committee to deliver draft Assessment Report of findings, <br /> recommendations, and cost estimates for recommended actions . <br /> 4. Provide presentation of findings for final Assessment Report. <br /> 4 .4 Construction Administration <br /> 4 <br /> Revised O1/24 <br />